ailment
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The FDA also requires that a drug be tested for its ability to treat a named ailment rather than something more general like “aging.”
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Manufacturers are prohibited from making claims about treating or preventing disease, but influencers have sold the idea that buying the right products can fend off or cure almost any ailment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The longer he spent recording guitar parts for “Megadeth,” the more his ailment interfered with his playing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Joe Abah, a former boss of Nigeria's Bureau of Public Service Reforms, claimed on social media platform X how a private hospital in the capital, Abuja, urged him to undergo immediate surgery for an ailment.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
From medical journals he deduced that he was suffering from a newly identified ailment known as post-polio syndrome.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Symptoms included stinging eyes, head pain, lung problems and stomach ailments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
We always stayed in touch, almost every week or so and we'd usually talk about our ailments and then about what we'd been doing that particular week.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Last year, the SSA added 13 ailments to its compassionate allowance list of conditions that are so severe they automatically meet Social Security’s strict definition of disability.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Some of the most familiar medical problems and ailments arise directly from these inherited constraints.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
He did a superb job, nursing the horses’ ailments while honing their speed.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing ailment
Chains
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The Fault in Our Stars
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